Renée Neblett and Merchants share a vision for the future of fashion
The inaugural Merchants Pan-African Twyg Award honours Renée Neblett and her commitment to craft, fashion, community and sustainability in Ghana
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Finalists announced for the 2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Meet the 2025 finalists
Conscious capsules are Mother of Gao’s slow fashion statement
Fast fashion teaches that creativity requires abundance. You have to have more to do more—more clothing, more trends, more newness. Refreshingly, South African slow fashion designer, Katlego Mokwana, began her brand to remind us that this is simply not true....
Thobeka Mbane drives inclusive fashion with purpose and power
As a culture strategist and stylist, it’s without a doubt that Thobeka Mbane is a tastemaker. For over a decade, she’s had a hand in engineering some of the most iconic images of glitterati such as Black Coffee, Elsa Majimbo,...
Sage & Sunday’s holistic approach to garment making
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Sage & Sunday embraces an ‘ultra-transparency’ approach, evident from the design of its flagship store in Woodstock, Cape Town. A wooden slatted wall separates the retail space from the workshop, offering a view into...
What’s next for Apricity’s Rachel Mia, winner of Twyg’s 2024 Student Award
It was Rachel Mia’s grandmother who gifted her the love of handicraft. Ma Joy taught her to knit, a skill Rachel grew up watching her use to create baby clothing for donation to hospitals. After completing her job shadowing at...
Our top 9 fashion moments of 2024
As 2024 draws to an end, we have compiled a list of our top 9 fashion moments of the year. Some are moments we curated for you, others are events that we believe are transformative and progressive for fashion. And...
Athena Argyrakis’s journey from film editor to jewellery designer
It’s fitting that Athena Argyrakis’s parents named her after the Greek goddess of war and crafts, foreshadowing her journey as a footwear and jewellery designer—a path that would prove to be a battle at times. Each piece she designs is...
The winners of the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
The 2024 winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards were announced at a stylish, well-attended event held at the prestigious Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel in Cape Town on 20 November 2024. This year 10 exceptional category champions took their...
Get to know the global experts set to judge 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Leading international and African minds will convene soon to judge this year’s Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards. Once the panel has completed the adjudication process, the finalists will be announced on 12 November and the winners will be announced at an...
29 Finalists for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 are announced
The finalists for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 are announced.
Country Road collaborates with Twyg Awards to celebrate emerging designers
Since 2019, the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards have identified South African designers who are prioritising planet and people. And since 2020, Country Road has sponsored the awards. Aside from this local support, Country Road is renowned for championing industry-leading initiatives,...
Grounded in nature
In celebration of South Africa’s sustainable fashion designers, this new editorial showcases sustainably and ethically made garments designed by Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023 finalists. Thirty one finalists were selected from a total of 103 nominations by an independent and...
Meet the stellar line up of judges for the 5th edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
For the fifth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, our panel of judges bring a strong global perspective to the 2023 awards. This will be the second year this panel will be judging the awards. We are confident...
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 Finalists Announced
The annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards strive to celebrate and support designers, creators, thought-leaders, and innovators who use best practices to help change fashion. The fourth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards will be held on Thursday, 17...